Naveed Alam’s first collection of poems, A Queen of No Ordinary Realms, won the Spokane Poetry Prize. His work has appeared in numerous literary journals, including International Poetry Review, American Poetry Journal, Prairie Schooner, the Seattle Review, 91st Meridian, and the Adirondack Review. He has translated Madho Lal Hussein, the 16th-century Punjabi poet, into English (Verses of a Lowly Fakir). His most recent work is a bilingual collection of Punjabi and English poems, The Others. Currently he lives and teaches in Lahore, Pakistan.